When is the volume problem going to be fixed?

I'm new to the world of Macs (just bought in January) after 15 years of PCs.
Just wondering how it works in the Apple universe - how long does it usually take for bug fixes to come out?
It's only been a couple of days but I am already tired of volume setting 1 being acceptable to slighty quiet (depending on the application). It is very annoying to not be able to reduce the volume any less than that - for example if someone wanted to be on the phone in the room with me, I would have to mute the sound rather than just being able to turn it down like I used to.
I don't necessarily need it down to the same level as before but some reduction is needed. Not everyone uses their Mac in a noisy office!!
iMac 20"   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I'm not sure what you're talking about here. In my quiet home office, I can barely hear the system beep or iTunes music -- sometimes not at all, depending on the song -- with the system volume set to the lowest setting. Slightly below medium is acceptable for me. You probably have some other sound output setting that is interfering. Are you using external powered speakers with the volume jacked up? Or perhaps you need to change the various output settings in the Sound pane of System Preferences?
Regardless, I don't think you should be looking for a bug fix here, because unless there's some new bug in 10.4.9 (I'm still at 10.4.8), there's no bug here, AFAIK.

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